Roland Topor
Writing • Born 1938-01-07 – Died 1997-04-16
Biography
Roland Topor was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, known for the surreal nature of his work. He gained notoriety as one of the home cartoonists of the subversive French magazine Hara-Kiri, renamed later Charlie-Hebdo. Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, a chilling exploration of alienation and identity, asking disturbing questions about how we define ourselves.
Filmography
24 credits
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Movie • 1979
Renfield
Swann in Love
Movie • 1984
Biche
Topor and Me
Movie • 2004
Self (Voice)
The Satin Spider
Movie • 1986
Le médecin
Cartoon circus
Movie • 1972
Self
The Ones That Got Away
Movie • 1981
The murderous fencer
Destins parallèles
Movie • 1979
Italiques: Roland Topor
Movie • 1974
Self
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
Movie • 1975
Le pochard
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Movie • 1975
Inspector Labelote
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
Movie • 1979
Self
Threshold of the Void
Movie • 1974
Homme dans le métro
Le Cinéma au travail comme la mort
Movie • 1997
Sweet Movie
Movie • 1974
He! Viva Dada
Movie • 1965
Self
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Movie • 1966
Un émissaire du prince
Fantastic Laloux
Movie • 2010
Self
Topor, Père et Fils
Movie • 1993
Three Lives and Only One Death
Movie • 1996
Bum #2
Ratataplan
Movie • 1979
The Boss
Nulle part ailleurs
TV • 1987
Self
Midi trente
TV • 1972
Self
Apostrophes
TV • 1975
Self